The Ark Of The Covenant: 

Revelation Of The Kingdom In Symbol

 

Scripture Text:

THE MOST OFT-QUOTED OT VERSE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THIS: (DEALING

WITH JESUS AND THE THRONE.)

 

Psalms 110:1 KJV The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my

right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Psalms 110:2 KJV The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule

thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Because of it being most oft quoted, considering we do not hear much of it in

sermons, there is A REVELATION to receive in all of this.

Note the ARK of the Covenant

Exodus 25:10 KJV And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a

half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a

cubit and a half the height thereof.

 

Message:

 

Exodus 25:10 KJV And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a

half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a

cubit and a half the height thereof.

Exodus 25:17-22 KJV And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits

and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

(18) And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make

them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. (19) And make one cherub on the one

end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make

the cherubims on the two ends thereof. (20) And the cherubims shall stretch

forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their

faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the

cherubims be. (21) And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in

the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. (22) And there I will

meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from

between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things

which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 30:10 KJV And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once

in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall

he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the

LORD.

Leviticus 16:14 KJV And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it

with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he

sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

The ark received blood of atonement on its mercyseat.

• On the mercyseat the blood was sprinkled seven times and then also upon

the golden altar outside the veil.

This Atonement for which this blood was sprinkled on the ark is best described in

the following verse:

Leviticus 1:4 KJV And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering;

and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 1:4 BBE And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering

and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

The sacrifice would be accepted in his room and stead.

• The sacrifice represented his own person.

• The blood was proof presented on the ark of death caused due to sin.

• The sacrificial death was HIS DEATH he owed due to his sin.

This all foreshadowed Jesus Christ.

Christ presented Himself to God alive from the dead – showing His death had

occurred.

• He provided the necessary payment for sin in His death.

• For Him to walk into the throne room and to be seated there, after He died

SHOWED HE CONQUERED DEATH.

• He defeated it.

• HE HAS DOMINION!

This concept is very important.

SITUATING PSALM 110

Psalms 110:1 KJV The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my

right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

The New Testament situated this prophecy in time after the resurrection and

ascension of Jesus occurred according to Hebrews.

Hebrews 10:12-14 KJV But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for

ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (13) From henceforth expecting till his

enemies be made his footstool. (14) For by one offering he hath perfected for

ever them that are sanctified.

Peter said this occurred after His resurrection as well.

Acts 2:29-33 KJV Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch

David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

(30) Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to

him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ

to sit on his throne; (31) He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,

that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. (32) This

Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (33) Therefore being by

the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of

the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

And he said the resulting Holy Ghost baptism was SHED FORTH by Jesus due to

that seating on the throne of God. So, IT AFFECTED US.

PRESENTING TO GOD OUR RESURRECTION

The bible speaks as though We must make this same presentation to God as being

alive from the dead – but IT IS TIED INTO THE KINGDOM CONCEPT.

• For, as with Jesus, that PRESENTATION puts us in a place of active

dominion.

Romans 6:8-13 KJV Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also

live with him: (9) Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more;

death hath no more dominion over him. (10) For in that he died, he died unto sin

once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. (11) Likewise reckon ye also

yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ

our Lord. (12) Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should

obey it in the lusts thereof. (13) Neither yield ye your members as instruments of

unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive

from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

God knows we are alive from the dead, but it seems there is the need for us to

know that in order to approach the throne of God, itself!

WE HAVE TO THINK THE WAY THE BIBLE SAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT.

• WE HAVE TO RENEW OUR MINDS TO THINK THIS WAY.

• WE HAVE TO REALLY SEE OURSELVES IN THIS LIGHT.

As High Priest as well as sacrifice, He entered BY HIS OWN BLOOD,

Hebrews 9:12 KJV Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood

he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for

us.

Blood on the mercyseat for atonement proved that death had occurred and the

price was paid, and this foreshadowed the need for Christ to pay the price of

death.

• Jesus died and SHED ALL HIS BLOOD OUT OF HIS VEINS IN DEATH, AND

resurrected, proving he conquered death.

• Sacrifice was a way of CONQUERING SIN AND THE DEATH SIN BROUGHT.

He CONQUERED the thing that became man’s punishment. – Death.

He entered BY HIS OWN BLOOD. BY SHEDDING HIS OWN BLOOD out of His veins.

• DYING.

• And after having died, he arose and proved he conquered death, and

presented Himself as having accomplished that.

And we also go in by the same blood HE SHED.

• THE DEATH, in other words.

Hebrews 10:19-22 KJV Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the

holiest by the blood of Jesus, (20) By a new and living way, which he hath

consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; (21) And having an

high priest over the house of God; (22) Let us draw near with a true heart in full

assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our

bodies washed with pure water.

He indicated proof of His death to enter this holiest – this conquest under his belt.

• Like Adam was thrown into death and death ruled.

Romans 5:14 KJV Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over

them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the

figure of him that was to come.

He had to topple the kingdom of the one who ruled due to Adam’s sin.

Romans 5:21 KJV That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign

through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

But we are told to likewise enter in by the same blood.

• He entered by his blood and we enter by his blood.

• Since HIS DEATH stands as our deaths, therefore, HIS VICTORY over death

means we have victory over death.

• Our entrance BY HIS SAME BLOOD is indication of OUR DEATHS AND

CONQUEST OVER DEATH through SUBSTITUTION.

• Jesus STOOD AS US.

• He did not manifest in flesh as a man in order to get jollies out of

conquering death for Himself.

• He came down and made a place where we could UNITE TO HIM in

SUPERNATURAL UNION in his death, and rose from that death and

conquered it SO WE COULD CLAIM CONQUEST OVER THIS POWER.

So showing ourselves alive from the dead is a very important note.

• If we can get this into our heads, it is a picture of SHOWING GOD WE

UNDERSTAND THIS.

• We would not present ourselves as alive from the dead if we did not

believe it.

• And many do not!

• But God is actually telling us to present ourselves as alive from the dead.

• When you approach God, KNOW IT IS IN A STATE OF DOMINION.

• You have DOMINION all over you due to vital union to Jesus.

• Realize that when God sees you, HE IS LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHO

CONQUERED DEATH, due to union.

• THAT IS HOW GOD SEES YOU.

• We must show ourselves in a state of being victorious over death.

• This resurrection concept is a POWER concept.

• It is KINGDOM related.

HEB 10:19’s note of boldly approaching the throne IS PRESENTING OURSELVES

ALIVE UNTO GOD as Rom 6:13 says.

• Heb 10 says Our hearts are sprinkled from an evil conscience because we

died and now are alive again – death removes old life.

• BAPTISM is alluded to here,(BODIES WASHED /W PURE WATER) —

connecting this entrance to the cause of uniting to Jesus in HIS DEATH.

Note that Jesus entered past the veil and we are to follow, where the ark of the

covenant was.

• And we know Jesus actually went to the throne.

Hebrews 6:19-20 KJV Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure

and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (20) Whither the

forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the

order of Melchisedec.

{Psalm 110 mentioned this throne and the priesthood of Melchisedek. – Heb had

Psalm 110 in mind again here!}

We were dead in sin, but that old man was killed THROUGH UNION TO CHRIST’S

KILLING, and now being resurrected THROUGH HIS RESURRECTION and free from

sin we are fit to enter THE HOLIEST!

AT-ONE.

• Atonement is coming into oneness with the sacrifice.

• Death is the penalty for the sinner, so God provided a way for the sinner to

be counted as the sacrifice, and the death of the sacrifice was as though the

sinner died, himself, to pay the penalty.

• This atonement is the only answer to why we can say we were buried and

risen with Him and able to follow Him into the Holiest.

So union to the sacrifice is everything when you think of ATONEMENT.

• Think of being AT ONE with Jesus when you think of atonement.

• Atonement — identification of the offerer to be the sacrifice offered — is

what made the sacrifice effectual.

• The sacrifice had no need to die for itself.

• We had to die.

• Its death stood as our deaths.

• For all intents and purposes, we died.

Jesus is our atonement.

Romans 5:11 KJV And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus

Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

We received the AT ONE MENT.

AT ONE MENT SHOWN IN ROMANS:

We came into union with Jesus Christ in His death, so as to be able to say we died.

Romans 6:3 KJV Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus

Christ were baptized into his death?

Romans 6:11 KJV Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin,

but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHERUBIMS EYES AND KNOWING

With the lid or cover of the ark called a mercyseat, having two cherubim

overshadowing it with their wings, with eyes looking down on the mercyseat, we

see the concept of a THRONE OF GOD.

• DOMINION. KINGDOM.

THE KINGDOM and THE THRONE is also associated with the concept of atonement

— atonement blood went on the mercyseat – the symbol of God’s throne.

KNOWING this truth is so vital for us being able to experience the power of the

Kingdom as a result of atonement. — This is why Romans speaks of ATONEMENT

UNION to the sacrifice of Jesus and repeatedly says “KNOW YE NOT?”

• This association of ATONEMENT with the KINGDOM is a key to

understanding how to truly enter into KINGDOM POWER.

• We must UNDERSTAND THIS.

• The eyes of the cherubims looking at the mercyseat EMPHASIZE

UNDERSTANDING.

When you see the ark with the BLOOD on the mercyseat and the EYES of the

cherubims seated up there with God looking down to it, you are seeing a symbol

of the combined concept of KINGDOM and UNDERSTANDING OUR UNION TO THE

DEATH, BURIAL, RES AND SEATING OF JESUS!!

There is a vital revelation of awareness of our union to Christ that is intrinsically

connected to the concept of the KINGDOM and operating in Kingdom power.

When John saw the throne in Rev 4 he saw four beasts with faces of lion, man, ox

and eagle.

Revelation 4:6-7 KJV And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto

crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four

beasts full of eyes before and behind. (7) And the first beast was like a lion, and

the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the

fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

FULL OF EYES.

LOTS OF UNDERSTANDING.

Ezekiel said these four faces were on the CHERUBIMS in Ezekiel 10.

Ezekiel 10:12 KJV And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and

their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that

they four had.

Ezekiel 10:14 KJV And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a

cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a

lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

And Rev 5 shows the lamb going to the throne after He had been slain, and we

read:

• CHERUBIMS OR FOUR BEASTS ARE MAKING STATEMENTS THAT BELIEVERS

FULL OF UNDERSTANDING WILL KNOW — AND CONNECTS IT WITH

DOMINION WITH CHRIST!

Revelation 5:8-10 KJV And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four

and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps,

and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. (9) And they sung

a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals

thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of

every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (10) And hast made us unto

our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

WHEN THE BLOOD IS MENTIONED, KINGSHIP IS MENTIONED

When the ark has blood on it, it is on the mercy seat WHICH REPRESENTS GOD’S

THRONE!

Revelation 1:5-6 KJV And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the

first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that

loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, (6) And hath made us

kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever

and ever. Amen.

They UNDERSTAND what Christ’s approach to the THRONE after His resurrection

meant.

• THEY WOULD REIGN!

We just read in Rev 3

Revelation 3:21 KJV To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my

throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

Jesus sat down with His Father in his throne.

• CO-SEATING.

• That is why we read of THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB in Rev 22.

• AND NOW WE LEARN WE CAN SIT WITH HIM IF WE OVERCOME.

Overcome the way JESUS DID.

Revelation 5:5 KJV And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the

Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and

to loose the seven seals thereof.

PREVAILED means a battle was fought and won.

And Jesus did it by His DEATH.

(HEB 2:14)

Hebrews 2:14 KJV Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and

blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he

might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

2 Timothy 1:10 KJV But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour

Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to

light through the gospel:

When he shed the blood out of his veins and died, and stood back up and passed

the veil into heaven, HE WAS SAYING HE OVERCAME!

• He overcame DEATH!

• DEATH RULED OVER MAN, but HE OVERCAME DEATH, AND HE RULES

NOW!

• THE GATES OF THE GRAVE COULD NOT PREVAIL AGAINST HIM.

• BUT HE SAID THAT OF THE CHURCH AS WELL!

• The gates of hell shall not prevail against His church.

No wonder he proceeded to talk of his death at Jerusalem after he noted this to

Peter and the others (Matt 16).

After reading of this note to overcome as He did in Rev 3 to the Laodicaeans to sit

with him on the throne, ch 5 shows him having OVERCOME DEATH.

Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as

I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

His resurrection proves death knocked him down and could do no more to Him,

and HE JUST GOT BACK UP, OVERCOMING THE BEST DEATH COULD DO — KILL

HIM!

So after reading of US sitting on the throne with Jesus if we overcome the way he

did In Rev 3, and then reading Jesus overcame death by resurrection in Rev 5, we

then read THE BEASTS (with eyes all over them) CLAIM THEY CAN RULE ON

EARTH.

Revelation 5:9-10 KJV And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take

the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed

us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

(10) And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the

earth.

That means they must have overcome!

• If we can rule by sitting on His throne with Him due to overcoming, and

these say they will rule, (and yet we read of no personal overcoming they

accomplished), then THEY KNEW His overcoming counted as their

overcoming.

• THEY KNEW IT.

• NOW WE NEED TO KNOW IT.

• They personally fought no battle, except in believing this concept.

• But they knew his overcoming was their own!

• They KNEW this concept.

• And this explains how we overcome!

• WE HAVE FAITH in THE UNION with Jesus that overcame death!

• And we know so much about this union that when we see Jesus risen from

dead, having overcome it, we know our union to Him is real and we

therefore know this is all that was required for us to say we ALSO

OVERCAME death.

• BY HIM THROUGH HIM AND IN HIM.

It’s like watching Jesus overcome something, and then going to God and saying “I

OVERCAME THAT.”

• Whatever you see Jesus overcome, you know YOU overcame it!

• It becomes THE INSTANT CONCLUSION in your mind everytime you see

Jesus has overcome something.

Throws whole new light on “HIS WILL DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN” — is

like reading Rev where Jesus went to the throne and sits on the throne IN

HEAVEN, and we overcame WITH HIM SO WE RULE ON EARTH!

• THE BEASTS UNDERSTOOD THAT!

They got the revelation.

They represent the church element that gets this revelation.

Rev 12 shows they overcame the devil by the blood of the lamb!

Revelation 12:11 KJV And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by

the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

They represent the OVERCOMERS!

Entering the holiest is done with the same blood Jesus entered in by — His own!

• And we find we also overcame WITH THAT BLOOD.

• WITH THAT DEATH, in other words.

FORERUNNER

Heb 6 tells us to enter the holiest because it is ours for the taking, and it calls

Jesus our forerunner because ATONEMENT UNION means WE CAN ENTER,.

• If He is ATONEMENT, then anywhere He goes is always Him going as

FORERUNNER.

• His entrance into ANYTHING MEANS WE CAN LIKEWISE ENTER.

• We can enter his throne and he is forerunner to the throne, due to

ATONEMENT.

• We are in union with Him.

The ark had a throne in the form of the mercyseat.

• With cherubims over the mercyseat, we see an identical representation of

the throne of God in Isaiah’s vision with seraphims over it.

Isaiah 6:1-2 KJV In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a

throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (2) Above it stood the

seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain

he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

The New Testament associates the throne of God with mercy as the seating is

called the MERCYSEAT on the ark!

Hebrews 4:16 KJV Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we

may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

This passage is surrounded by verses that speak of Christ as the High Priest who

offered atonement blood on the mercyseat.

His throne is one of mercy, since the atonement blood was sprinkled on this

depiction of the throne in order for our sins to be atoned for, and the opportunity

for us to come into oneness with Him.

• It’s not our efforts, but sheer mercy of God that allows us to claim His

victory as our own.

But we are told we can approach the throne, whereas the model of this throne

was beyond an impassible barrier behind which no person aside from the High

Priest could come — the veil over the holiest.

The throne of God is that upon which Jesus Christ ascended and was seated.

The most oft quoted Old Testament verse found in the New is one that is

associated with the throne of God in the most holy place, of which the ark and

holiest of holies in the temple represented.

Psalms 110:1-2 KJV The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at

my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. (2) The LORD shall send

the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

If the ark pictures this, then the ark of the covenant is the most important

SYMBOL in light of our Christianity!

• It symbolizes the most oft quoted truth in the NT.

This reference to seating at the right hand of God is speaking of the time Christ

sat on the throne, and has been leading the Kingdom of God.

It is what Paul quoted in telling us what he was praying for so that we might see

the power towards us.

CHERUBIMS EYES — SEE — UNDERSTANDING.

Ephesians 1:18-21 KJV The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye

may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his

inheritance in the saints, (19) And what is the exceeding greatness of his power

to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (20)

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his

own right hand in the heavenly places, (21) Far above all principality, and power,

and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world,

but also in that which is to come:

By the way, this veil blocking this throne had cherubims with eyes embroidered in

it, and hinted UNDERSTANDING gets us past the veil.

Hebrews 10 speaks of it.

1 Cor 15 – resurrection chapter — speaks of it

Visions of it are found in Revelation 5.

All of this depicts the KINGDOM OF GOD in which we now are situated.

Jesus Christ is said to have ascended to the throne as high priest to not only make

atonement as high priest, but also to RULE.

Zechariah 6:13 KJV Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear

the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his

throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Between KINGSHIP and PRIESTHOOD the counsel of peace would stand.

• His kingship and priesthood together create a peace towards us.

• Both are required for this peace.

• Futurism sees Him as only Priest now and King only over the church.

• However, Ep 1 says He is over all powers in this world and the world to

come.

PRIEST shows his UNION TO THE PEOPLE. THERE FOR THE PEOPLE.

• ON THE THRONE HE IS PRIEST.

• ON THE THRONE HE STANDS AS PEOPLE.

If he is priest now, he must be king, because he will be High Priest while on the

throne.

• He is on the throne now.

And all of His Kingly status and seating is pictured in the ark of the covenant which

involves the concept of atonement – which is precisely the reason why we read:

Ephesians 2:5-6 KJV Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together

with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (6) And hath raised us up together, and

made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

And going to the throne in Revelation 5 caused the praisers to sing these words:

Revelation 5:10 KJV And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we

shall reign on the earth.

The bible is trying to tell us that we are included as being seated with Christ on

this throne, the throne depicted by the mercyseat on the ark of the covenant

behind the veil in the most holy place of the temple.

Oh, what a message this gives to us of our inclusion in to the kingdom.

• We all know we were translated into the Kingdom, but God is trying to

open our eyes, as Paul prayed, so we can see we are on the throne WITH

CHRIST in this Kingdom.

So the throne depicts a position of having overcome.

• He overcame death!

• When we read He prevailed, and also that he was seen as though alive from

the dead, we realize he overcame death.

• And that is also why there is atonement BLOOD on the mercy seat that

depicts His throne.

THE ARK IS A PERFECT SYMBOL FOR ALL THE TRUTH REGARDING ATONEMENT

COMBINED WITH POWER IN THE KINGDOM, and people thought we just got freed

from hell.

The HOLIEST OF HOLIES in the temple and Tabernacle was a place no one could

enter except the high priest only one day a year, called the day of ATONEMENT.

• That place is a model of a real spiritual place.

MOSES AND JOSHUA

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